Look at a Teacup
Essay By: Patricia Hampl
The writer's mother was married in the year 1939, the beginning of the second world war. She bought the teacup in the same year later it was given to daughter. Hampl sees a connection between herself and her mother. The teacup reminds her of her mother's history because her mother bought it in 1939. Through the cup, mother transfer the culture and history of her time to the daughter.
The author can express lot of feeling and ideas making the teacup as a medium. She tries to compare the falling of flowers in the teacup as destruction of beauti deu to falling bombs. "Falling flowers" implies the degrading situation and teacups were human ritual and arts. Certainly the essayist refers the fall and break of culture. 'Falling bodies were dying people in the war.' The falling of bombos onto woman means the tragic fate of these women. They had disturbed married life falling contries refers to hte degradation of humanity, peace, progress, brotherhood, culture etc. of the countries involved in the war. This essay presents the real picture of the world caused by the destruction due to war.
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